La Liga not pleased with new Dec 18 date for El Clasico

Spanish top-flight league, La Liga has expressed its displeasure over the rescheduling of the El Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid to December 18 by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).

The match was set for this Saturday in Camp Nou but was postponed due to fears of civil unrest following a week of protests in Catalonia after nine Catalan separatist leaders were jailed earlier this month.

La Liga had proposed December 4 for the encounter, but both clubs put forward 18th after being asked to agree on a new date by RFEF’s competitions committee, who signed off the decision on Wednesday.

Barcelona and Real Madrid also disagreed with La Liga’s earlier call to switch the game to Madrid.

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“La Liga doesn’t agree with the competition committee’s decision to stipulate 18 December – after an agreement was reached between Barcelona and Real Madrid, despite La Liga’s objections – as the date in which the postponed Clasico should be played,” La Liga said in a statement.

“We are studying the documentation that we have recently received regarding the process in which the decision was taken.

“This is in order to evaluate taking possible legal action and against whom it should be tabled, before the relevant and opportune public organisations or legal organisms.”

Pending the decision of the courts, the first El Clasico is billed to hold on December 18, with the first round of the Copa del Rey set to take place on the same date.

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